For tens of thousands of people in Pushan County, it is not a big deal if they drink some "defensive medicine", which can indeed have a certain preventive effect. But for hundreds of thousands of people in Lindu Prefecture, it is a bit unrealistic. Fortunately, according to the preliminary investigation, only a few lower-class people were affected, which is within the controllable range. At this time, the class distinction is clear, which also reflects one of its advantages.
Correspondingly, Pushan County can allow everyone to stay at home without leaving the house, but Lindu Prefecture cannot. Due to inconvenient conditions, it is too unrealistic to expect a small number of people to meet the various needs of hundreds of thousands of people, so only partial isolation can be carried out.
As a result, only a few people knew about the epidemic in Lindu City, and a gag order was issued to prohibit the spread of the disease. The blockade of the city gates was also lifted to some extent, so it did not cause any panic or unrest.
All these things took several days, and on the fourth day, the follow-up supplies were basically sufficient, and there were doctors accompanying us almost every day because there were problems in Lindu Prefecture. We were told that more doctors would be added.
In a time when transportation is so inconvenient and all things have to be transported by human and animal power, being able to do this is quite amazing.
"After returning, I must report this to my father and ask him to give me a good reward."
Upon hearing this, Fan Wuguo remained silent with a stone face, and complained in his heart: Wei Tingyu, if you have the ability, don't let your sister know about this for the rest of your life.
This idea was just an idea. Because he was busy now, Fan Wuguo could easily use the word "I don't know" to get away with it. It wasn't that Xiaocao believed it, but seeing his casual attitude, she thought he probably had no interest in understanding it, so she didn't ask any more questions. After the matter was over, how could he not know? After all, it was inevitable that he would be rewarded according to his merits.
Complaints aside, Fan Wuguo is very clear that to be able to achieve this, Wei Tingyu must be as busy as his sister. Although generally speaking, the principle of proximity is emphasized, some things are not produced in abundance in Dongqing and need to be dispatched from other places. Although Wei Tingyu does not need to go to every place in person, he will definitely have to go back and forth a lot. Preventing any problem from happening will definitely cost him a lot of effort.
"Even if he doesn't die young, he's still a sickly person. Don't treat him like this and waste my sister's efforts." Although she said this, she was still worried about Wei Tingyu's health.
However, since the blockade has been partially lifted, some of the scholars who were still thinking about taking the provincial examinations still have time to rush over.
Xiao Cao ruthlessly broke their beautiful thoughts, because they had been helping before, and even if they had not had close contact with the disease patients, they had been to some areas where the disease appeared. Just in case, if they wanted to leave Lindu Prefecture, they would have to be isolated for at least seven days to make sure there was no problem before they could leave. - After seven days, there would only be the last round of the provincial examination.
Some people were frustrated and even complained, but most people had given up the idea of participating in the provincial examination. Even after the city was closed, they did not want to rush over, and their mentality was quite peaceful. In fact, they did learn a lot these days, which was something that books and teachers would not teach them.
After Xiaocao became the bad guy, he naturally stopped caring about these little hearts. Whether they could bear it or not was the same. Those who were willing to stay and continue to help could stay, and those who were unwilling could leave quickly.
Knowing Xiaocao's identity, they naturally understood that leaving a good impression on her might be of great benefit to them in the future. Or, it might be out of respect for her, and they were sure that as long as they did as required, the chance of contracting the disease would be very small. Therefore, most people chose to stay. As for those who left, of course they were afraid of the "what if" chance" of contracting the disease. Even though they knew that basically no one would die in the next few days, they still didn't dare to gamble. If they lost their lives, what was the use of having a good future
However, this choice made by these people probably chose two completely different paths for the future.
Emperor Xuanren's birthday is at the end of January, and he will be 50 next year. Xiaocao actually asked Fan Wuguo to send a letter back to ask whether he would grant amnesty and hold special examinations. Ever since they left, they have been in contact with the imperial city all the time. The people in the imperial city are always aware of the situation here, although it is basically Fan Wuguo who handles it and Xiaocao seldom asks about it.
The birthday celebration must be celebrated, but because of the current epidemic, the scale may be affected. But no matter what, even if the official decree has not been issued, some things are being prepared tacitly in the imperial city. Generally speaking, it is prepared three months in advance, but in fact it is more than that. When it comes to the extravagant emperor, the birthday celebration may be prepared as soon as the ninth birthday comes.
After all, the special examination is no different from other examinations in that it has a time limit. Therefore, if it is really to be added, the imperial edict should have come down at the latest after this provincial examination. Xiaocao asked this question because he did not understand.
If it were any other matter, they would basically get a clear reply very quickly, but for this matter, the answer given by Emperor Xuanren was "don't worry about it". This imperial examination had nothing to do with Xiaocao and Fan Wuguo, so after Emperor Xuanren said so, they naturally stopped asking about it.
The progress in Lindu City is relatively smooth, and there have been no more unexpected situations in Pushan County. A few days ago, the number of patients there stopped increasing, and more and more people have recovered. Zero cases is just around the corner. Whenever there are some free manpower, they will rush to Lindu City to help. In addition, doctors have been coming from other places recently. Now, the number of doctors gathered in Lindu City has exceeded one thousand. This number was not significant in Xiaocao's previous life, but here, it is really quite substantial. Now there is more manpower in this area, and they can get together to discuss and learn after being busy - this is also a good atmosphere caused by the doctors who came with Xiaocao in the imperial city.
And some of Xiaocao's plans have been spread among these people, intentionally or unintentionally, which is undoubtedly something that doctors would like to see.
Of course, although this is exciting, the epidemic is the most important thing now, and everything else has to be put aside.
The relatively abundant manpower does not mean that there are idle people. Xiaocao sent some people out. Before, epidemic patients were found in the towns and villages around Pushan County, and then concentrated in Pushan County. Those near Lindu Prefecture were still concentrated in Lindu Prefecture. However, when the situation was found in the other two counties and one prefecture capital, the number was not large, but not small either. The population was relatively dense, and there was a possibility that patients would appear in the future. In this way, the manpower was dispatched.
Two "small drug dens" were discovered in the process. The source of one of them was not found, while the root of the problem for the other one was still on Magistrate Wu. Someone in his family happened to rush back to his ancestral land to celebrate the birthday of an ancestor at that moment.
—Officials of the Qi Dynasty were not allowed to return to their hometowns to serve as officials. Most of them, even if they were just a small county magistrate, might come from other provincial governments. It is conceivable how big a gap it was for the family of Magistrate Wu to return to their ancestral home from Lindu Prefecture. Especially since this man was sick, it was treated as an ordinary illness and they did not stop along the way. Fortunately, because of the illness, they slowed down on the road and were later caught up by people from Lindu Prefecture. Even so, many people were harmed.
Fortunately, everyone on this line received timely medical treatment and no one died; it was just a little too long.
There are no longer large numbers of patients concentrated together. After all the personnel have been dispersed, further careful inspections will be carried out to ensure that no hidden dangers are left. The workload is naturally huge. Traffic remains a big problem, and the time spent on the road is the biggest expense. Moreover, there are no accurate inspections, so we can only cast a wider net.
Xiaocao did not go with them, but returned to Pushan County to try to find the source of the epidemic.
In fact, Xiaocao had asked his subordinates to pay attention before, but he only asked them to check on the people and not to act rashly if they found anything unusual. But unfortunately, nothing happened.
After the epidemic in Pushan County was brought under control, there was no further outbreak, and almost all of the earliest patients died. When other people carefully inquired about their whereabouts before they became ill, no abnormalities were found.
Xiaocao went there again in person, but he didn't hold out much hope. Even so, it still took him a lot of time and he visited many places, but he didn't find anything unusual. It seemed as if the epidemic had come out of nowhere.
If it is really impossible to find it, Xiaocao will no longer be obsessed. Even in the past life, when encountering those terrible viruses, the source has not been determined, let alone now. However, Xiaocao has told the people of Pushan County to pay more attention and report any abnormalities to the government in time. Although there is a possibility that it will appear again, there is no need to be afraid. If you can stop it once, you can stop it a second time.
Seriously speaking, in Xiaocao's opinion, this epidemic is not serious and can be cured with current means. After this person recovered from the illness, he did not suffer serious damage to his body. It was just an isolated case. Because the immune function was forcibly mobilized, some functions of the body declined, but it was not serious. This is already a very good result.
If it weren't for those disobedient fools, the epidemic would have been even smaller and the court's losses would have been even smaller.
It was almost October at this time, and the doctors had left one after another. The reason why Xiaocao and the others had not left yet was mainly because officials from Pushan County needed to be replaced. Then, from Lindu Prefecture to Dongqing Provincial Government, a large number of officials were investigated and dealt with. Although not all of them were dismissed, it was definitely a major reshuffle.
In order to avoid problems in all aspects, officials from the court need to be in place to conduct a comprehensive handover. Only then will these people go back to the imperial city with Xiaocao and others to be interrogated.
These things have nothing to do with Xiaocao, but she is doing something else.
Xiao Cao gathered all the scholars who had helped before and said, "During the previous epidemic, you all performed well. Therefore, I asked my father for permission to hold an additional provincial examination for you. The adults in charge of the examination are all from the imperial city. They were supposed to be the ones presiding over the joint examination. Now, I hope that this will be your pressure and also your motivation.
The exam will start the day after tomorrow. You still have two days to prepare. The exam venue will be where you take the college entrance examination.
In addition, I have good news for you all. This time, the imperial edict from the imperial city is about to be issued for the opening of the special examination next year. This is partly because of my father’s fiftieth birthday, and partly because we have defeated the terrible plague, and you have contributed to this.”
As soon as Xiaocao started talking, the people below were overjoyed. They had never thought there would be such a thing. The more they talked, the more excited they became. However, no one interrupted Xiaocao. After Xiaocao finished speaking, everyone shouted, "Thank you, Princess!"
I've heard before that Princess Anguo is a person who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments, but I never thought she would go to this extent.
However, they had not reviewed their books for most of the past two months, and only picked up their books a few days ago. Then they thought that this provincial examination was specially for them, and the admission should also be individual, which was the same for everyone, so they didn't need to worry too much. Some people also secretly wondered if the questions would be the same as those in the provincial examination in August. Of course, this was probably just a dream.
"Okay, everyone can go back and prepare. I wish you all the best in advance, and hope you will be on the list."
Speaking of which, although Xiaocao asked Emperor Xuanren for permission, she didn't want to get involved in this matter. However, people from the imperial city said that the emperor wanted her to explain it to these scholars in person.
—Emperor Xuanren’s meaning was very simple. He couldn’t let his daughter do good things without leaving a name.